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ESTABLISHED 1880. •f Li •'•* THOMPSONVILLE, COOT., Y, JANUARY 19, 1899. VOL. XIX. NO. 38.
HEART HUNGER. Forbes & Wallace. you
ont, I fold you to my
kiss the E SPRINGFIELD, MASS 19, 1899. F. PARSONS, M. D.,
. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
and office No. 46 Pearl street,
rhompsonville, Conn. Office hours, 8.00 to 9.00
i, m.; 2.00 to 3.00, and 6.00 to 7.30 p. m. Order?
oiay be left at E. N. Smith's drug store
m.
Br,.
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QENSLOW KING,
Teacher of the
PIANO-FORTE, ORGAN PLATING AND HARMONY.
Address P. O. box 462.
Thompsonville, - Conn.
•JTRA P.
Also agent
*old in this '
TEACHER OF MUSIC,
for the finest Pianos and Organs
vicinity. Can refer to scores of
Musical merchandise of evefv de-cription
on hhaanndd,, or obtained at short notice.
Lindsey's block (room 1), Thompsonville, Ct.
Dentistry.
B
H. THORNTON, D.D.S.
MANSLEY'S BLOCK,
Thompsonville, Conn.
OFFICE HOURS—8.30 a m. to 12 m; 1.30 to 6
p. m. (7 to 8 p. m. except Tuesdays and Thurs­days)
close at 6 p. m. for evening.
Undertakers and Directors*
WILLIAM MULLIGAN,
Funeral Director and Embalmer.
Prompt., careful and personal attention
given to Undertaking in all
its branches.
& \o. Main St., - Thompsonville, Conn.
A., n. XjEETE,
U^SF.RTAKER and EMBALMER,
(•5 ANI> 47 MAIN ST.,
TUOMI'SONVOILB, . . . CONN.
Printers and Publishers.
'pHE PA.KSONS PRINTING CO.,
Steam-Power Printers, an-
PUBLISHERS of THK THOMPSONVILLE PRESS.
Near the Posr-orBce.
Thomps'mvlilB. Conn.
Miscellaneous.
SECOND GREAT "MILL-END" SALE!
Begins at this StoTe on FRIDAY, Jan. 20th, at 8 o'clock a.m.,
and Continues for ONE WEEK.
It Will Be the Biggest Merchandise Event in the History
of Western Massachusetts.
This unique sale is the property of Mr. C. A. Lockhart, the agent
of the largest Mill Contractors of all the East, and he personally con­ducts
the sale in our store will explain publicly on our floors why
these great Mill Contractors take this method of disposing of their
enormous accumulations. These sales have met with unbounded suc-ca*
s in all the cities where they have been held. Everybody remem­bers
the first Mill-End sale in our store, last spring. The crowds, the
enthusiasm, and the wonderful wealth of goods shown the < people, are
still fresh in the minds of all Springfield. Here, ag tin, a similar op­portunity
presents itself, only on a greater and grander scale than be­fore.
We turn over our entire store with its big force of clerks to this
stranger so that all may share in the benefits of the wonderful " Mill-
End " sale. Think of hundreds of thousands of yards of calicoes,
ginghams, outing flannels, percales, cambrics, cottons, tickings, table
damasks, black and colored dress goods, silks, linings, draperies; laces,
embroideries, ribbons—
All to bs Sold at Actual " Mill-End " Cost.
Prices all to be named by the repr sent itive of the mills, who will
be present to personally conduct the sales. The production of such
well-known mills as the following are represented in the goods to be
included in this sale: -
r-
YYILUS GOWDY,
FIEE INSURANCE AGENT.
Losses Promptly Adjusted.
Claims Promptly Paid.
LOWEST POSSIBLE RATE8.
at THK THOMPSONVILLK TRUST COMPANY,
Thompsonville, Conn.
Office
FRANCIS BROWN, 9mtt
t'&f*
5 North Iffam Stfjf' *
^^ThflmpeoiiviBe, Conn.j
Providence Washington Fire Ins.
.'CO. Incorporated in 1790.
Insures against loss by fire on ali insur
able property, at the lowest
rates possible.
WM. J. HUGHES, Local Agent.
Main St., Thompsonville, Ct.
SMITH'S BARBER-SHOP !
84 Main St., Pease's block (ground
floor), Thompsonville, Conn.
SHAVING, HAIR-CUTTING, SHAMPOOING,
ETC., executed by first-class artists
in first-class style.
FREDERICK F. SMITH, Manager.
Don't forget the number.
Epstein's Express-
Furniture and Pianos Moved
and Heavy Teaming.
Have also an Adjustable Window Derrick for
hoisting Pianos, etc.
A. J. EPSTEIN, Prop. P. O. Box 611.
Residence cor. Central st. and Young ave.
rhompsonville, Conn.
ip§gir
DOMESTIC AGENCY.
"When buying sewing-machines
remember our prices are from $20 to §50,
with a guarantee that they are perfect in
every respect. Sewing Machine supplies
of all kinds. Cleaning and repairing
promptly attended to. .
A. R. POLMATIER.
23 Pearl st., Thompsonville, Ct.
GO TO THE
Old Bridge Store,
where you will find
a first-class line of
TOBACCO, CIGARS,
and other articles >
pertaining to a cigar
store. Also
Poiir Fool Tabbies
connected,—in A1 shape. 1B<
Orders for Pipes attended to.
£' Largest and finest assortment of
Tobacco to be found in the town.
GUT & Til
'AMETYilg®
——.—
. Is the Spice of life I
And if you want the BEST
TABIETY, go to Sullivan's
Bakery, Tbeifc yon will find
tlie best bread, pies, cakes
and everythingthat is in a
Srst-elassBakeit. WW
On* ENTIRE WflEAl ^
BREAD—Katore'B own renSed^iOT
• Dyspepsia, Indigestion and con-sap&
iaon. TJnequaled as a food
for brain workers.
Parkhill mills of Fitchburg
Pacific mills of Lawrence
Narragmi^ett mill of Fall River
Barnaby Mf'g Co. of Fall River
Renfrew Mf'g Co. of Adams
Atlantic mills of Lawrence
Arlington mills of Lawrence
Hargraves mills of Fall River
Cornell mills of Fall River
Hamilton Woolen Co. of Amesbury
Saunders Cot. mills of Saundersville Arnold Print Works of North Adams
Johnson Mf'g Co. of North Adams
Hamilton Mf'g Co. of Lowell
Brumley Mf'g Co. of Philadelphia
Mt Vernon mills of Philadelphia
Lorraine Mf'g Co. of Pawtucket
Gilbert^Mf'g Co. Gilbertville
Wamsutta mills of New Bedford
Merrimac Mf'g Co of Lowell
Empire mills of Philadelphia
Slaterville mill of Slaterville
Eagle mills of Woonsocket
Jamestown Woolen mills
What "Mill-Ends" Really Are!
They are the left-over short lengths of the cloth-maker. They
are what remains when an even roll is ready to be shipped. The easi­est
way to dispose of them, says the manufacturer, " is to make a big
discount on the whole lot and not bother with small ;jobs." It is easy
to sell them, sav&the dealer, when/h^sees/fee oaality
Where I would
fondly etroke
right-
Hold fast your willing hands in the dim light
Of fading sunset, while your looks expressed
In voiceful silence all my heart had guessed
And hoped and lived for in its wild delight.
I wake to see the cold sky overhead,
And one pale star blink warmly through the
Of leafless branches, as if it would shed ' "
A tear with me for the departed days-
Pluck the dead blossom trembling at my side-
Heart hungry still and soul unsatisfied.
-Charles Coleman Stoddard in New York
Home Journal.
A STOLEN KISS.
It is esey to buy^iem, says the cual'SHer, When she' sees ofii^'Kaff Mi
one quarter price marks. The lengths run from £-yard up, and in all
cases they are marked at the actual mill cost.
This Sale is General—Mill-End Prices Rule In Every Depart­ment
Throughout the House.
We turn over our entire store with its big force of clerks to Mr.
Lockhart, so that you can all share in this-wonderful Mill-End Sale.
Don't miss this sale or you'll lose the chance of saving dollars.
It will continue one week from the time ot' its opening.
Come early. "
Forbes & Wallace.
Main, Vernon and Pynchon Sts., Springfield, Mass.
ABOUT—
Pianos
&
People tell me their children
are musical because they play , on
the window sills.
Get them a Piano or Organ,
and you will ebjoy it much better
than the window-sill music, ^
; I have some special bargains
in both Pianos and Qrgans at the
present timev.
MISS J. ESTELLA PEASE.
TEACHER OF Piano and Harmony,
32 Dartmouth st.,
Springfield, Mass.
In Thompsonville Tuesdays and Wed­nesdays.
Or. J. E. Middleton,
(For Two Years with Dr. W. L, Roberts,)
Teetb Filled and Extracted
Without Pain.
Out-of-town parties allowed fare one
way for work amounting to Five Dollars
and both ways on work amounting to
Ten Dollars.
345 Main St.. over E. 0. Clark's*
Springfield, Mass.
MB
C^^Thompsonville, LConn.
Isn't It
Consoling
When your property is burning up
to realize that it is insured throagn
the old and reliable agency ot
P. & H. K. BRAINARD.
That's the important part of,a loss.
Did ydtt e^tir hear any one kick on
the way we have settled ? If we
haven't been fair don't you suppose
yon* woald have heard of it.
*7 mm
mm
M. J.
DESIGNER AND BUILDER OF
silfilliltt
mm
Correct Designs,
-, Selected Materia^
- Perfect Workmanship.
You cannot afford to em-unskilful
workmen at any
price. The best is always the
"My dear Leslie," said Sir Henry
Seymour to his ward, "I do wiBh yon
would try to be a little less fast. Every
one fs talking about you, and it is very
painfnl to me."
"My dear guardy, "said the young
lady he addressed, a very pretty girl
about 18, "what have I done? Just
mention some of my sins and I win try
to reform.''
"WelJv" said Sir Henry, "to begin
with, you are much too fond of using
slang expressions; I am sure you do not
mean any harm, dear, but it does not
sound well. I wish you would adopt a
more ladylike manner, like those nice,
quiet girls, Colonel Bond's daughters.
I assure you, Leslie, men do not care
for fast girls, however inuoh they may
flirt with them, and I confess I should
like to see you well married."
"Now, my dear Sir Henry," said Les­lie
coaxingly, "tell me, did you ever
hear me say anything the least weeDy
bit improper?"
"Certainly .not, my dear child."
"Then let me tell you those nice,
quiet, ladylike girls you admire so
much say things that would make your
hair stand on end. If you could only
hear how they" go on when we are by
ourselves! I should be quite ashamed,"
she added, with energy, "even to think
of the things they discuss freely—in­deed
I ont them whenever I can. As for
marrying—really,.all the young men I
know are such muffs or prigs I detest
the "whole lot. What is my next crime?"
"You smoke cigarettes. Leslie," said
her guardian sternly. "I was told you
were actually seen with one between
your lips out of doors the other night."
Leslie hung down her head a little,
and then said, with a slight blush:
"I cannot deny I tried one once, and
indeed it was so nasty and made me
feel so ill that I assure yon I am not
likely to do it again."
"I wn glad to hear it. So yon think
all young men muffs or prigs? I hope
to introduce you to one who answers
naither^esorintion:: Yon have of .oonrse
WW
who gained the Victoria oross for de­fending
that fort so gallantly in the
last campaign? Of oonrse I remember
all about him. Why?"
"He is coming home, and being the
eon of an old friend he has promised to
pay me a visit, and I expeot him
shortly."
"How delightful 1 I shall like to
meet a real hero. I hope he is hand­some."
"Douglas Murray was a very good
looking lad, but you will not suit him,
young lady. He abhors 'fast girls' and
is very fastidious."
"Well, I shall survive his disappro­bation,
1 dare say. Amy will suit him
to a T, she is such a demure little
mouse." And Miss Lindsay took her­self
off.
In due time Captain Murray arrived.
Leslie Lindsay was disappointed. She
conld hardly believe that quiet, nnas-
Buming young man could be the hero
who had startled the whole civilized
world into admiration. To her guard­ian's
great annoyance she seemed to
make a point of showing herself in her
worst colors, and when Sir Henry asked
her whether she thought Captain Mur­ray
a prig or a muff she deolared he
was both.
One very hot day in July Leslie and
Sir Henry's daughter, Amy Seymour,
were returning from making a call.
'The drawing room windows opened on
the veranda, which was covered with
lnxuriant oreepers. It looked very cool
and pleasant inside on such a sultry
day. The two girls were about to enter
the room when Leslie, who was in adr
vanoe, suddenly drew back and pointed
inside. Amy peeped in. There was Cap­tain
Murray fast asleep in an armchair
near the window.
" What a chance, Amy, for me to
win a pair of gloves !"
"For shame, Leslie! Yon snrely
would not think of such a thing."
"Who's afraid?" said Leslie. "Be­sides,
he is really fast asleep and will
never know, and the temptation is too
mnch for me. Consider, the hero the
whole world raves about," and with a
mischievous look at Amy she stepped
lightly in and dropped a kiss as light
as a puff of thistledown npon the sleep­er's
forehead.-
As the sonnd of the girl's retreating
footsteps died astray, Douglas Murray
opened his eyes and, smiling to himself,
said:
I snppose that is oonsidered a fast
girl. I must confess I like her, and be*
lieve she is really trne and womanly.
That fast manner is all hnmbug. I mnst
not forget to pay my debt, however, "
and he laughed. "She*thinks me a
muff, I know. Never mind, that kiss
was very nioe—I forgive her." j;
A day or two afterward as they were
all at breakfast, Sir Henry said :
"I fotgot, Leslie, here is something
for yon," handing her a small paoket,
marked "Parcel Post."
"What oan it be, I wonder?" sBe
said, as she out the string, "the han&>
writing is qnite strange to me," and
she was about to open it quite undone
eernedly, when Amy remarked:
"It is jest the shape of a glove box,"
Leslie started and looked guiltily
aoross tN» tabid at Captain Marray1
1
BAKING
POWDER
lay!
she>"
wh6|
i.r
sayj
gatif
however, going on with hlfl
off the paper wrapper and
a white box—it did lookhor-a
glove box, Leslie thought,
ted the cover—and, yes, inside
pairs of dainty kid gloves of
shades.
nobody noticed her confusion,
to look across the table,
replacing the oover -of the box,
paptain Murray said very coolly:
^ays pay my debts, Miss Lind-
3o not like to feel under an obli-ly
seizing her parcel, Leslie rose,
rm'uring something to Sir Henry
ot feeling very well, she flew up
hd locked herse.lf into her room,
lishe had a good cry.
a little time she took a look at
ives.
t my size. I wonder how he
And six buttons! And how pret-are!
He is not quite such a
after all, but it makes no differ-me
now. He dislikes me, I
and I wish he was gone." And
e had another good cry.
enry Seymour had no reason to
of bis ward's conduct for the
days; but she avoided Captain
who tried in vain to get a
'of speaking to her.
morning, however, fortune fa-iim.
He was in the garden, and
fwas walking toward him. She
i|ite unconscious of his proximity,
ley must meet in a moment more.
She saw him standing near, she
||er sweet blue eyes to his with a
il, half beseeching glance,
iss Lindsay," said Douglas,
e hands with me, please. I am
I took a most unfair advantage
rnt Pray forgive me, and let us be
s."
" fh^ Captain Murray, I do feel so
awf Illy ashamed of myself! What must
yonHhink of me?"
I tell you what I think of yon,
darling?" as he gently drew her toward
hiipK "I think you a dear, sweet, lov-abie^
gjrl, and if you can put up with
s t&ioff as I am as a husband"—
don't!" said Leslie, in-
.ng him. "Do not remind me of
trtinence. Yon are muqh^
but, indeed," with
said he laughing. "I do not
how many times yon repeat the
tioh"—
slie has been Mrs. Murray now
years, but her husband has never
regretted he married a fast girl, while
she aeolares she has found from experi­ence!
"all men are not either prigs or
muffs."—London News
Langhable Forgetfulneaa.
As Sheridan Knowles, the dramatist,
was walking down the Strand one day
with a friend he stopped to greet a
gentleman, who, however, received him
very coldly. "Do you know," said he
to Knowles, "thabyou owe me an apol­ogy?"
"An apology! What for?" asked the
dramatist.
"For not keeping that dinner engage­ment
you had with me last Thursday,
t had a number of people to meet you,
and you never came or even sent an ex­planation
of your absence."
"Oh, I'm so sorry!" exclaimed
Knowles. "I've such a memory that
[ forgot all about the affair; forgive me
and invite me to another dinner."
It was then arranged that he should
dine with the gentleman on the follow­ing
Wednesday, and in order to secure
against the engagement being again
forgotten he there and then recorded it
in his diary. On rejoining his friend
he told him the story of his lapse of
memory.
"Who is the gentleman?" asked the
friend.
"Well, I'm blessed!" cried Sheridan
Knowles. "I have forgotten his name."
"That's funny," said the friend,
"but you can easily find it out by refer­ring
to the directory. You know his ad­dress,
of course."
"No, not even that!" roared the un­happy
dramatist.—Argonaut.
Pnxcled by So Many Ways.
A" certain man made a display of
dense ignorance the other day when he
went into a restaurant and asked the
waiter if he had any eggs.
"Yes," said the waiter, "we have."
"Well, bring me some."
"How do you want them cooked?"
"Oh, any old way!"
"My dear man," said the waiter,
"that 'order will hardly do. We have
over 500 different ways of cooking eggs,
and you will be pleased to make a sug­gestion
or mention a choice." .
This astonishing fact had the effect
of paralyzing the customer's tongue for
awhile, and he.finally recovered enough
to whisper in awe, "Soramble 'em."
"Yes, sir," replied the astute waiter,
£ill lingering. "Which way?"
h, any old way!" .-"V
it" said^; the waiter in a deter-
• ''' T "•GRILL —-wW/iHiVi
Curbing Emotion.
We have all seen the man with so
diplomatic a countenance that an earth­quake
would hardly produce any change
in hjs imperturbable faoe. We are apt
to i^fer that these spbinxlike persons
never feel emotion, whereas they do not
betray their feelings like the generality
of people.
Columns have been written about the
impasjsiveness of Disraeli's expression.
A German philosopher once went to
Berlin for the sole purpose of studying
his character and discovered what every
one Aiad searched for in vain. "Like all
men;" wrote the keen observer, "he has
one feign of emotion which never fails
to snow itself, the movement of the leg
thatiisorossed and the foot."
Bijit if there was ever a man of "iron
self loontrol" that man was Lockhart,
the famous biographer. He formed the
ide^in youth that it was unmanly to
make any violent display of joy or grief,
and Jbe succeeded so well in repressing
his feelings that when be grew up he
ooulq npt show them. When his brother
and^ sister died within a few days of
eaoh other, Lockhart did not cry or oth­erwise
relieve his deep and terrible feel­ings,.''
and the oonsequenoe was that he
beoatne so ill that his life was in jeopar­dy.-
''. .
> Goal Burned by Steamships.
The amount of ooal consumed by a
vessel during a voyage depends very
largely upon the speed, for the con­sumption
of coal increases almost in a
geometrical ratio to the speed. There
are< many ships whioh burn from 100 to
800 tons of coal per day, the lowest con­sumption
being when the vessel is going
at/k moderate rate. Our men-of-war do
not oonsume so much in proportion as
swift passenger steamers which ply be-twfcen
Europe and America, for unless
in an e'mergency thejr are not driven at
thfthighest attainable speed. The ooean
passenger, steamers often burn from
to 8,600 tons during a passage
las&qgjgix to seven days.
<&' Good Pulpit Sweat."
W-snan who preaches with hisen-tire>
foitrers finds the body and mind and
heaj^ i||e all txeroised. Other than that
whnBh'he used in his painting room, it
is Joshua Reynolds took no
exerois^ - He walked about the pioture
on Ms -ease], and his Whole mind and
hfeast went out toward it. Whitefield
4n"A^ |i0mely way commended to his
i*rthe ministry "a good pulpit
ras ihe best medicine. A sermon
lietiti exeroise as well as a drain
il and spirit. Virtue goes out
*cber just in proportion as he
ollowe# of his divine Master.
to ssr' To THE Proud.—We are
guarantee every bottle of Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy and if not satisfactory^ to
the money to, the
tetter
a, colds and
There is no better modicine made for .r
Geo. R. Steele
l UHBL iualei yuu
make a choice. There are 70 different
ways of scrambling eggs in this estab­lishment.
" %
"Well, then, fry them for me."
"Which way? We have 40 ways of
frying eggs here."
"All right," said the oustomer slow­ly
as he reached for his hat and arose;
"you have one way here that I can find
myself, and that is straight out of that
door. Good day."—Philadelphia Reo-ord.
-
A Fnrnoni Head Master.
Of Keate, the most famous of all
Eton head masters, the author has much
to say. Innumerable stories have been
told of his fiery temper, his peculiar ap­pearance
and his strong faith in the
efficacy of a birch rod, many of them
purely apocryphal.
All the world knows Kinglake's pic­turesque
description of the little man
who wore "a fancy dress partly resem­bling
the costume of Napoleon and
partly that of a widow woman" and
has heard Keate's famous comment on
the beatitude: " 'Blessed are the pure
in heart.' Mind that. It's your duty to
be pure in heart. If you are not pure in
heart, I'll flog you!" But it would be
a great mistake to regard Keate as mere­ly
an irascible pedagogue of eccentric
speech and manners.
He did believe in flogging, and when
the occasion arose flogged wholesale—
witness the famous instance when he
mistook his lists and flogged all the
candidates, for confirmation; also he
oould not be induced to trust his boys,
but for all that be was a man of gener­ous
temper and a noble nature, as well
as of indomitable courage, and deserved
well of a school which has certainly al­ways
kept his memory green.—London
Spectator
The
•Foot of Prospect Street,
Thompsonville, Ct.
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; PJUCVFINT^ PNEITMON1A.—-YOU
or from an attack of
the epidemic; of la
r ago, when so many
„ i in piieumoniftr it was ob-
>:th*«t6ack.was never followed
£ a cold or la i
any
,to teeult
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Leave White Mill at 6.10, 0.45, 7.45 a. m.
and every hour until 12.45 p. in.; then
1.12, 1.45, 2.12 and every half hour
until 8 45; then 9.45, 10.45, 11.30 last
car north.
SOUTH BQUND. Leave Court Square So
minutes past the hour for Thompson­ville
and Warehouse Point.
Leave State Line at 6.20 a. m. for Thomp­sonville
only. Then 7.00, 8.00 and every
hour until 10.00 p. m. for Warehouse
Point.
Leave State Line for Baker's Corner at
7.00, 8.00 a. m. and every hour until
I.00 p. m.; then 1.85, 2.00 and every
half hour until 8.00; then 9.00, 10.00,
II.00, 11.40—as far as passengers wish
to go this,side of Baker's Corner.
Leave White Mill for Warehouse Point
at 6.15, 7.12 a. m. and every hour until
10.12 p. m.
Leave White Mill for Baker's Corner at
6.12, 7.12 a. m. and every hour until
1.12 p. m.; then 1.45, and every halt
hour until.842;,.then 9.12^10.12, IL
Special cars, and cars for trolley par­ties,
can i be had at reasonable rates by
applying \to
GUY L. FAIRBROTHER, Sup't.
Thompsonville, Conn.
ESTABLISHED 1848.
N
EW YORK, NEW HAVEN AND
HARTFORD RAILROAD CO.
TRAINS LEAVE SPRINGFIELD, GOING SOUTH,
for New Haven and way stations, con­necting
with express trains for New
York, at 5.45, 7.00, 7.50, 9.35 and
11.50.a. m.; 2.45, 4.30, 6.40 and 9.05
p. m. Sundays only—Accommoda­tion
for Hew Haven at 7.40 a. m.;
9.05 p. m.
LONGMEADOW—5.51, 7.08, 9.44, 12.00 a.
m.; 2.54, 4.38, 0.49, 9.13 p. m.
THOMPSONVILLE—5.58, 7.16, 8.02, 9.53 a.
m.; 12.OP, 3.03, 4.46, 6.59, 9.21 p. m.
ENFIELD BRIDGE—6.02, 7.21, 9.58, a. m.;
12.14, 3.08, 4.51, 7.04, 9.26 p. m.
WAREHOUSE POINT—6.07, 7.26, 10.03 a.
m.; 12.20, 3.13, 4.56, 7.10, 9.31 p. m.
WINDSOR LOCKS—6.12, 7.31, 8.12, 10.08
a. m.; 12.25, 2.45, 3.18, 5.01, 7.15,
9.36 p. m.
WINDSOR—6.21, 7.42, 10.20 a. m.; 12.37,
*2.56, 3.30, 5.12, 7.25, 9.47 p. m.
TRAINS LEAVE HARTFORD, GOING NORTH,
for Springfield and way stations, con­necting
with the Boston & Albany
R. R., and all points on the Connecti­cut
River line, at 5.55, 8.04, 9.26 and
11.18 a. m.; 1.30, 3.55*, 4.35, 6.20,
9.12 and 11.20 p. m. Sundays only
—Accommodation for Springfield at
9.45 p. m.
WINDSOR—6.10,8.18, 9.40, 11.30 a. m.;
. 1.44, 4.10*, 4.48, 6.35, 9.24, 11.34 p. m.
WINDSOR LUCKS—6.21, 8.29, 9.52, 11.40
a. m.; 1 55, 4.21*, 5. 02, 6.46, 9.35,
11.47 p. m.
WAREHOUSE POINT—6.26, 8.34, 9.56 a! in.;
1.59, 5.07, 6.51, 9.40,11.52 p. m.
ENFIELD BRIDGE—6.31, 8.39, 10.02 a. m.;
2.04, 5.12, 6.55, f9.45,11.58 p. m.
THOMPSONVILLE—6.36,8.44, 10.07, 11.51
a. m.; 2.09, 5.17, 7.00, 9.48, 12.03
p. m.
LONGMEADOW —12.11, 6.44, 8.52, 10.16
a. m.; 2.18, 5.25, 7.08, f9 56 p. m.
•Suffleld train. tLeaves passengers from south.
SUFFIELD BRANCH.
SUFFIELD TO WINDSOR LOCKS—7.10, 9.30
a. m.; 1.30 2.30, 4.40, 6.10 p. m.
WINDSOR LOCKS TO SUFFIELD—8.30,10.09
a. m.; 1.56, 4.22, 5.03, 7:16 p. m.
IHTPooket TIME TABLES can be obtain­ed
from the Ticket Agents at stations.
Banking and Financial.
B. D. SPENCER.
Manager.
EOBT. E. SPENCER,
Cashier.
Sanding* House
OF
[he R. UBOBT. E, SPENCER CO,,
% $ Thompsonville, Conn.^/^.^
«s^Oa,pltal, $25,OOOf*4ii
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sv-tsswi —— iii •
The business of the house is the transaction
of a general banking business. Deposit accounts
received subject to check at sight, and interest
allowed on deposits. We have money to loan on
Thompsonville real estate.
We are delations of being of service to those
that may have had, and now may be, having,
trouble and anxiety In the matter of their invest­ments.
Possibly we ean-suggest some way out
nf the difficulty. -
We are in a position to give our clients the
b<wt servlce possible, and any boslness you may
entrust toourcare Wllbe faithfully attended to.
OmOR HOURB—9.30tol2a.in.; 1.80 to 8.80p.m.
X»B. KIIVCTO
Star Own Bnadl
soSn*»tti8M
The pressure of this sale is so
great, as one stock after another
adds its quota to the attractions,
that often times it is impossible to
mention the features in detail more
than once. Consequently this
summary of bargains may be use­ful
to you:
Jackets.
The largest, best and cheapest show­ing
that we have ever made at this sea­son
of the year.
Suits.
Some of the greatest bargains still
remain. All our fine regular stock go­ing
at half their value.
Millinery,
including Trimmed and Untrimmed
Hats, Ornaments, Novelties and Trim­mings,
all at less than half price.
Children's Dep't.
Sizes 4 to 14—all the Reefers, Dresses,
Skirts and Waists, have been rearranged
on tables and marked at prices that will
make to-day's selling long to be remem­bered,
for they are priced regardless of
their prices.
Ladies' Furnishings.
All the Lace Collars, Lawn Collars,
Ruffs, Lawn and Silk Fronts, Chemiset tes,
Bow, Stock and String Ties, Puff, Tecks
and Four-in-Hands. These we have di­vided
into four lots, regardless of their
cost or value, as follows: Those that
were 25c to §4 go in for 10c to 51.
Eiderdown Robes.
This is the way we are closing out
the warm,comfortable Lounging Robes of
Fancy Eiderdown: §3.50 Robes for §2.12;
$4 Robes for §2.50; §5 Robes for $3.75;
§6 Robes for §5.
Springfield, Mass.
Bent's Old Stand
We are prepared to show you a line of
SLEIGHS.
both heavy and light, or build one for you
to suit. Our reputation is established.
Surreys, Concords,
Open and Top Buggies,
Business & Farm Wagons.
Also, a Choice Lot of
Light and Heavy Harness.
Call and see us. We can save you
money.
CARL Ei MILLER) r^gnuf, and Dealer
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OYSTERS.
The Oyster season is now open,-
and Oysters were never better
than this year, with prices reason­able.
We also keep constantly on hand
a good variety oft#®
FRESH. SALT, AND SMOKED FISH,
. CLAMS, ETC^
Hew Salt Sword Fish,
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QENSLOW KING,
Teacher of the
PIANO-FORTE, ORGAN PLATING AND HARMONY.
Address P. O. box 462.
Thompsonville, - Conn.
•JTRA P.
Also agent
*old in this '
TEACHER OF MUSIC,
for the finest Pianos and Organs
vicinity. Can refer to scores of
Musical merchandise of evefv de-cription
on hhaanndd,, or obtained at short notice.
Lindsey's block (room 1), Thompsonville, Ct.
Dentistry.
B
H. THORNTON, D.D.S.
MANSLEY'S BLOCK,
Thompsonville, Conn.
OFFICE HOURS—8.30 a m. to 12 m; 1.30 to 6
p. m. (7 to 8 p. m. except Tuesdays and Thurs­days)
close at 6 p. m. for evening.
Undertakers and Directors*
WILLIAM MULLIGAN,
Funeral Director and Embalmer.
Prompt., careful and personal attention
given to Undertaking in all
its branches.
& \o. Main St., - Thompsonville, Conn.
A., n. XjEETE,
U^SF.RTAKER and EMBALMER,
(•5 ANI> 47 MAIN ST.,
TUOMI'SONVOILB, . . . CONN.
Printers and Publishers.
'pHE PA.KSONS PRINTING CO.,
Steam-Power Printers, an-
PUBLISHERS of THK THOMPSONVILLE PRESS.
Near the Posr-orBce.
Thomps'mvlilB. Conn.
Miscellaneous.
SECOND GREAT "MILL-END" SALE!
Begins at this StoTe on FRIDAY, Jan. 20th, at 8 o'clock a.m.,
and Continues for ONE WEEK.
It Will Be the Biggest Merchandise Event in the History
of Western Massachusetts.
This unique sale is the property of Mr. C. A. Lockhart, the agent
of the largest Mill Contractors of all the East, and he personally con­ducts
the sale in our store will explain publicly on our floors why
these great Mill Contractors take this method of disposing of their
enormous accumulations. These sales have met with unbounded suc-ca*
s in all the cities where they have been held. Everybody remem­bers
the first Mill-End sale in our store, last spring. The crowds, the
enthusiasm, and the wonderful wealth of goods shown the < people, are
still fresh in the minds of all Springfield. Here, ag tin, a similar op­portunity
presents itself, only on a greater and grander scale than be­fore.
We turn over our entire store with its big force of clerks to this
stranger so that all may share in the benefits of the wonderful " Mill-
End " sale. Think of hundreds of thousands of yards of calicoes,
ginghams, outing flannels, percales, cambrics, cottons, tickings, table
damasks, black and colored dress goods, silks, linings, draperies; laces,
embroideries, ribbons—
All to bs Sold at Actual " Mill-End " Cost.
Prices all to be named by the repr sent itive of the mills, who will
be present to personally conduct the sales. The production of such
well-known mills as the following are represented in the goods to be
included in this sale: -
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YYILUS GOWDY,
FIEE INSURANCE AGENT.
Losses Promptly Adjusted.
Claims Promptly Paid.
LOWEST POSSIBLE RATE8.
at THK THOMPSONVILLK TRUST COMPANY,
Thompsonville, Conn.
Office
FRANCIS BROWN, 9mtt
t'&f*
5 North Iffam Stfjf' *
^^ThflmpeoiiviBe, Conn.j
Providence Washington Fire Ins.
.'CO. Incorporated in 1790.
Insures against loss by fire on ali insur
able property, at the lowest
rates possible.
WM. J. HUGHES, Local Agent.
Main St., Thompsonville, Ct.
SMITH'S BARBER-SHOP !
84 Main St., Pease's block (ground
floor), Thompsonville, Conn.
SHAVING, HAIR-CUTTING, SHAMPOOING,
ETC., executed by first-class artists
in first-class style.
FREDERICK F. SMITH, Manager.
Don't forget the number.
Epstein's Express-
Furniture and Pianos Moved
and Heavy Teaming.
Have also an Adjustable Window Derrick for
hoisting Pianos, etc.
A. J. EPSTEIN, Prop. P. O. Box 611.
Residence cor. Central st. and Young ave.
rhompsonville, Conn.
ip§gir
DOMESTIC AGENCY.
"When buying sewing-machines
remember our prices are from $20 to §50,
with a guarantee that they are perfect in
every respect. Sewing Machine supplies
of all kinds. Cleaning and repairing
promptly attended to. .
A. R. POLMATIER.
23 Pearl st., Thompsonville, Ct.
GO TO THE
Old Bridge Store,
where you will find
a first-class line of
TOBACCO, CIGARS,
and other articles >
pertaining to a cigar
store. Also
Poiir Fool Tabbies
connected,—in A1 shape. 1B<
Orders for Pipes attended to.
£' Largest and finest assortment of
Tobacco to be found in the town.
GUT & Til
'AMETYilg®
——.—
. Is the Spice of life I
And if you want the BEST
TABIETY, go to Sullivan's
Bakery, Tbeifc yon will find
tlie best bread, pies, cakes
and everythingthat is in a
Srst-elassBakeit. WW
On* ENTIRE WflEAl ^
BREAD—Katore'B own renSed^iOT
• Dyspepsia, Indigestion and con-sap&
iaon. TJnequaled as a food
for brain workers.
Parkhill mills of Fitchburg
Pacific mills of Lawrence
Narragmi^ett mill of Fall River
Barnaby Mf'g Co. of Fall River
Renfrew Mf'g Co. of Adams
Atlantic mills of Lawrence
Arlington mills of Lawrence
Hargraves mills of Fall River
Cornell mills of Fall River
Hamilton Woolen Co. of Amesbury
Saunders Cot. mills of Saundersville Arnold Print Works of North Adams
Johnson Mf'g Co. of North Adams
Hamilton Mf'g Co. of Lowell
Brumley Mf'g Co. of Philadelphia
Mt Vernon mills of Philadelphia
Lorraine Mf'g Co. of Pawtucket
Gilbert^Mf'g Co. Gilbertville
Wamsutta mills of New Bedford
Merrimac Mf'g Co of Lowell
Empire mills of Philadelphia
Slaterville mill of Slaterville
Eagle mills of Woonsocket
Jamestown Woolen mills
What "Mill-Ends" Really Are!
They are the left-over short lengths of the cloth-maker. They
are what remains when an even roll is ready to be shipped. The easi­est
way to dispose of them, says the manufacturer, " is to make a big
discount on the whole lot and not bother with small ;jobs." It is easy
to sell them, sav&the dealer, when/h^sees/fee oaality
Where I would
fondly etroke
right-
Hold fast your willing hands in the dim light
Of fading sunset, while your looks expressed
In voiceful silence all my heart had guessed
And hoped and lived for in its wild delight.
I wake to see the cold sky overhead,
And one pale star blink warmly through the
Of leafless branches, as if it would shed ' "
A tear with me for the departed days-
Pluck the dead blossom trembling at my side-
Heart hungry still and soul unsatisfied.
-Charles Coleman Stoddard in New York
Home Journal.
A STOLEN KISS.
It is esey to buy^iem, says the cual'SHer, When she' sees ofii^'Kaff Mi
one quarter price marks. The lengths run from £-yard up, and in all
cases they are marked at the actual mill cost.
This Sale is General—Mill-End Prices Rule In Every Depart­ment
Throughout the House.
We turn over our entire store with its big force of clerks to Mr.
Lockhart, so that you can all share in this-wonderful Mill-End Sale.
Don't miss this sale or you'll lose the chance of saving dollars.
It will continue one week from the time ot' its opening.
Come early. "
Forbes & Wallace.
Main, Vernon and Pynchon Sts., Springfield, Mass.
ABOUT—
Pianos
&
People tell me their children
are musical because they play , on
the window sills.
Get them a Piano or Organ,
and you will ebjoy it much better
than the window-sill music, ^
; I have some special bargains
in both Pianos and Qrgans at the
present timev.
MISS J. ESTELLA PEASE.
TEACHER OF Piano and Harmony,
32 Dartmouth st.,
Springfield, Mass.
In Thompsonville Tuesdays and Wed­nesdays.
Or. J. E. Middleton,
(For Two Years with Dr. W. L, Roberts,)
Teetb Filled and Extracted
Without Pain.
Out-of-town parties allowed fare one
way for work amounting to Five Dollars
and both ways on work amounting to
Ten Dollars.
345 Main St.. over E. 0. Clark's*
Springfield, Mass.
MB
C^^Thompsonville, LConn.
Isn't It
Consoling
When your property is burning up
to realize that it is insured throagn
the old and reliable agency ot
P. & H. K. BRAINARD.
That's the important part of,a loss.
Did ydtt e^tir hear any one kick on
the way we have settled ? If we
haven't been fair don't you suppose
yon* woald have heard of it.
*7 mm
mm
M. J.
DESIGNER AND BUILDER OF
silfilliltt
mm
Correct Designs,
-, Selected Materia^
- Perfect Workmanship.
You cannot afford to em-unskilful
workmen at any
price. The best is always the
"My dear Leslie," said Sir Henry
Seymour to his ward, "I do wiBh yon
would try to be a little less fast. Every
one fs talking about you, and it is very
painfnl to me."
"My dear guardy, "said the young
lady he addressed, a very pretty girl
about 18, "what have I done? Just
mention some of my sins and I win try
to reform.''
"WelJv" said Sir Henry, "to begin
with, you are much too fond of using
slang expressions; I am sure you do not
mean any harm, dear, but it does not
sound well. I wish you would adopt a
more ladylike manner, like those nice,
quiet girls, Colonel Bond's daughters.
I assure you, Leslie, men do not care
for fast girls, however inuoh they may
flirt with them, and I confess I should
like to see you well married."
"Now, my dear Sir Henry," said Les­lie
coaxingly, "tell me, did you ever
hear me say anything the least weeDy
bit improper?"
"Certainly .not, my dear child."
"Then let me tell you those nice,
quiet, ladylike girls you admire so
much say things that would make your
hair stand on end. If you could only
hear how they" go on when we are by
ourselves! I should be quite ashamed,"
she added, with energy, "even to think
of the things they discuss freely—in­deed
I ont them whenever I can. As for
marrying—really,.all the young men I
know are such muffs or prigs I detest
the "whole lot. What is my next crime?"
"You smoke cigarettes. Leslie," said
her guardian sternly. "I was told you
were actually seen with one between
your lips out of doors the other night."
Leslie hung down her head a little,
and then said, with a slight blush:
"I cannot deny I tried one once, and
indeed it was so nasty and made me
feel so ill that I assure yon I am not
likely to do it again."
"I wn glad to hear it. So yon think
all young men muffs or prigs? I hope
to introduce you to one who answers
naither^esorintion:: Yon have of .oonrse
WW
who gained the Victoria oross for de­fending
that fort so gallantly in the
last campaign? Of oonrse I remember
all about him. Why?"
"He is coming home, and being the
eon of an old friend he has promised to
pay me a visit, and I expeot him
shortly."
"How delightful 1 I shall like to
meet a real hero. I hope he is hand­some."
"Douglas Murray was a very good
looking lad, but you will not suit him,
young lady. He abhors 'fast girls' and
is very fastidious."
"Well, I shall survive his disappro­bation,
1 dare say. Amy will suit him
to a T, she is such a demure little
mouse." And Miss Lindsay took her­self
off.
In due time Captain Murray arrived.
Leslie Lindsay was disappointed. She
conld hardly believe that quiet, nnas-
Buming young man could be the hero
who had startled the whole civilized
world into admiration. To her guard­ian's
great annoyance she seemed to
make a point of showing herself in her
worst colors, and when Sir Henry asked
her whether she thought Captain Mur­ray
a prig or a muff she deolared he
was both.
One very hot day in July Leslie and
Sir Henry's daughter, Amy Seymour,
were returning from making a call.
'The drawing room windows opened on
the veranda, which was covered with
lnxuriant oreepers. It looked very cool
and pleasant inside on such a sultry
day. The two girls were about to enter
the room when Leslie, who was in adr
vanoe, suddenly drew back and pointed
inside. Amy peeped in. There was Cap­tain
Murray fast asleep in an armchair
near the window.
" What a chance, Amy, for me to
win a pair of gloves !"
"For shame, Leslie! Yon snrely
would not think of such a thing."
"Who's afraid?" said Leslie. "Be­sides,
he is really fast asleep and will
never know, and the temptation is too
mnch for me. Consider, the hero the
whole world raves about," and with a
mischievous look at Amy she stepped
lightly in and dropped a kiss as light
as a puff of thistledown npon the sleep­er's
forehead.-
As the sonnd of the girl's retreating
footsteps died astray, Douglas Murray
opened his eyes and, smiling to himself,
said:
I snppose that is oonsidered a fast
girl. I must confess I like her, and be*
lieve she is really trne and womanly.
That fast manner is all hnmbug. I mnst
not forget to pay my debt, however, "
and he laughed. "She*thinks me a
muff, I know. Never mind, that kiss
was very nioe—I forgive her." j;
A day or two afterward as they were
all at breakfast, Sir Henry said :
"I fotgot, Leslie, here is something
for yon," handing her a small paoket,
marked "Parcel Post."
"What oan it be, I wonder?" sBe
said, as she out the string, "the han&>
writing is qnite strange to me," and
she was about to open it quite undone
eernedly, when Amy remarked:
"It is jest the shape of a glove box,"
Leslie started and looked guiltily
aoross tN» tabid at Captain Marray1
1
BAKING
POWDER
lay!
she>"
wh6|
i.r
sayj
gatif
however, going on with hlfl
off the paper wrapper and
a white box—it did lookhor-a
glove box, Leslie thought,
ted the cover—and, yes, inside
pairs of dainty kid gloves of
shades.
nobody noticed her confusion,
to look across the table,
replacing the oover -of the box,
paptain Murray said very coolly:
^ays pay my debts, Miss Lind-
3o not like to feel under an obli-ly
seizing her parcel, Leslie rose,
rm'uring something to Sir Henry
ot feeling very well, she flew up
hd locked herse.lf into her room,
lishe had a good cry.
a little time she took a look at
ives.
t my size. I wonder how he
And six buttons! And how pret-are!
He is not quite such a
after all, but it makes no differ-me
now. He dislikes me, I
and I wish he was gone." And
e had another good cry.
enry Seymour had no reason to
of bis ward's conduct for the
days; but she avoided Captain
who tried in vain to get a
'of speaking to her.
morning, however, fortune fa-iim.
He was in the garden, and
fwas walking toward him. She
i|ite unconscious of his proximity,
ley must meet in a moment more.
She saw him standing near, she
||er sweet blue eyes to his with a
il, half beseeching glance,
iss Lindsay," said Douglas,
e hands with me, please. I am
I took a most unfair advantage
rnt Pray forgive me, and let us be
s."
" fh^ Captain Murray, I do feel so
awf Illy ashamed of myself! What must
yonHhink of me?"
I tell you what I think of yon,
darling?" as he gently drew her toward
hiipK "I think you a dear, sweet, lov-abie^
gjrl, and if you can put up with
s t&ioff as I am as a husband"—
don't!" said Leslie, in-
.ng him. "Do not remind me of
trtinence. Yon are muqh^
but, indeed," with
said he laughing. "I do not
how many times yon repeat the
tioh"—
slie has been Mrs. Murray now
years, but her husband has never
regretted he married a fast girl, while
she aeolares she has found from experi­ence!
"all men are not either prigs or
muffs."—London News
Langhable Forgetfulneaa.
As Sheridan Knowles, the dramatist,
was walking down the Strand one day
with a friend he stopped to greet a
gentleman, who, however, received him
very coldly. "Do you know," said he
to Knowles, "thabyou owe me an apol­ogy?"
"An apology! What for?" asked the
dramatist.
"For not keeping that dinner engage­ment
you had with me last Thursday,
t had a number of people to meet you,
and you never came or even sent an ex­planation
of your absence."
"Oh, I'm so sorry!" exclaimed
Knowles. "I've such a memory that
[ forgot all about the affair; forgive me
and invite me to another dinner."
It was then arranged that he should
dine with the gentleman on the follow­ing
Wednesday, and in order to secure
against the engagement being again
forgotten he there and then recorded it
in his diary. On rejoining his friend
he told him the story of his lapse of
memory.
"Who is the gentleman?" asked the
friend.
"Well, I'm blessed!" cried Sheridan
Knowles. "I have forgotten his name."
"That's funny," said the friend,
"but you can easily find it out by refer­ring
to the directory. You know his ad­dress,
of course."
"No, not even that!" roared the un­happy
dramatist.—Argonaut.
Pnxcled by So Many Ways.
A" certain man made a display of
dense ignorance the other day when he
went into a restaurant and asked the
waiter if he had any eggs.
"Yes," said the waiter, "we have."
"Well, bring me some."
"How do you want them cooked?"
"Oh, any old way!"
"My dear man," said the waiter,
"that 'order will hardly do. We have
over 500 different ways of cooking eggs,
and you will be pleased to make a sug­gestion
or mention a choice." .
This astonishing fact had the effect
of paralyzing the customer's tongue for
awhile, and he.finally recovered enough
to whisper in awe, "Soramble 'em."
"Yes, sir," replied the astute waiter,
£ill lingering. "Which way?"
h, any old way!" .-"V
it" said^; the waiter in a deter-
• ''' T "•GRILL —-wW/iHiVi
Curbing Emotion.
We have all seen the man with so
diplomatic a countenance that an earth­quake
would hardly produce any change
in hjs imperturbable faoe. We are apt
to i^fer that these spbinxlike persons
never feel emotion, whereas they do not
betray their feelings like the generality
of people.
Columns have been written about the
impasjsiveness of Disraeli's expression.
A German philosopher once went to
Berlin for the sole purpose of studying
his character and discovered what every
one Aiad searched for in vain. "Like all
men;" wrote the keen observer, "he has
one feign of emotion which never fails
to snow itself, the movement of the leg
thatiisorossed and the foot."
Bijit if there was ever a man of "iron
self loontrol" that man was Lockhart,
the famous biographer. He formed the
ide^in youth that it was unmanly to
make any violent display of joy or grief,
and Jbe succeeded so well in repressing
his feelings that when be grew up he
ooulq npt show them. When his brother
and^ sister died within a few days of
eaoh other, Lockhart did not cry or oth­erwise
relieve his deep and terrible feel­ings,.''
and the oonsequenoe was that he
beoatne so ill that his life was in jeopar­dy.-
''. .
> Goal Burned by Steamships.
The amount of ooal consumed by a
vessel during a voyage depends very
largely upon the speed, for the con­sumption
of coal increases almost in a
geometrical ratio to the speed. There
are< many ships whioh burn from 100 to
800 tons of coal per day, the lowest con­sumption
being when the vessel is going
at/k moderate rate. Our men-of-war do
not oonsume so much in proportion as
swift passenger steamers which ply be-twfcen
Europe and America, for unless
in an e'mergency thejr are not driven at
thfthighest attainable speed. The ooean
passenger, steamers often burn from
to 8,600 tons during a passage
las&qgjgix to seven days.
foitrers finds the body and mind and
heaj^ i||e all txeroised. Other than that
whnBh'he used in his painting room, it
is Joshua Reynolds took no
exerois^ - He walked about the pioture
on Ms -ease], and his Whole mind and
hfeast went out toward it. Whitefield
4n"A^ |i0mely way commended to his
i*rthe ministry "a good pulpit
ras ihe best medicine. A sermon
lietiti exeroise as well as a drain
il and spirit. Virtue goes out
*cber just in proportion as he
ollowe# of his divine Master.
to ssr' To THE Proud.—We are
guarantee every bottle of Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy and if not satisfactory^ to
the money to, the
tetter
a, colds and
There is no better modicine made for .r
Geo. R. Steele
l UHBL iualei yuu
make a choice. There are 70 different
ways of scrambling eggs in this estab­lishment.
" %
"Well, then, fry them for me."
"Which way? We have 40 ways of
frying eggs here."
"All right," said the oustomer slow­ly
as he reached for his hat and arose;
"you have one way here that I can find
myself, and that is straight out of that
door. Good day."—Philadelphia Reo-ord.
-
A Fnrnoni Head Master.
Of Keate, the most famous of all
Eton head masters, the author has much
to say. Innumerable stories have been
told of his fiery temper, his peculiar ap­pearance
and his strong faith in the
efficacy of a birch rod, many of them
purely apocryphal.
All the world knows Kinglake's pic­turesque
description of the little man
who wore "a fancy dress partly resem­bling
the costume of Napoleon and
partly that of a widow woman" and
has heard Keate's famous comment on
the beatitude: " 'Blessed are the pure
in heart.' Mind that. It's your duty to
be pure in heart. If you are not pure in
heart, I'll flog you!" But it would be
a great mistake to regard Keate as mere­ly
an irascible pedagogue of eccentric
speech and manners.
He did believe in flogging, and when
the occasion arose flogged wholesale—
witness the famous instance when he
mistook his lists and flogged all the
candidates, for confirmation; also he
oould not be induced to trust his boys,
but for all that be was a man of gener­ous
temper and a noble nature, as well
as of indomitable courage, and deserved
well of a school which has certainly al­ways
kept his memory green.—London
Spectator
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